GRUB-MKIMAGE
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 2019
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NAME
grub-mkimage - make a bootable image of GRUB
SYNOPSIS
grub-mkimage
[
,OPTION/...] [
,OPTION/]... [
,MODULES/]
DESCRIPTION
Make a bootable image of GRUB.
- -c, --config=,FILE/
-
embed FILE as an early config
- -C, --compression=(xz|none|auto)
-
choose the compression to use for core image
- -d, --directory=,DIR/
-
use images and modules under DIR
[default=/usr/lib/grub/<platform>]
- -k, --pubkey=,FILE/
-
embed FILE as public key for signature checking
- -m, --memdisk=,FILE/
-
embed FILE as a memdisk image
Implies `-p (memdisk)/boot/grub' and overrides
- any prefix supplied previously, but the prefix
-
itself can be overridden by later options
- -n, --note
-
add NOTE segment for CHRP IEEE1275
- -o, --output=,FILE/
-
output a generated image to FILE [default=stdout]
- -O, --format=,FORMAT/
-
generate an image in FORMAT
available formats: i386-coreboot, i386-multiboot,
i386-pc, i386-xen_pvh, i386-pc-pxe,
i386-pc-eltorito, i386-efi, i386-ieee1275,
i386-qemu, x86_64-efi, i386-xen, x86_64-xen,
mipsel-yeeloong-flash, mipsel-fuloong2f-flash,
mipsel-loongson-elf, powerpc-ieee1275,
sparc64-ieee1275-raw, sparc64-ieee1275-cdcore,
sparc64-ieee1275-aout, ia64-efi, mips-arc,
mipsel-arc, mipsel-qemu_mips-elf,
mips-qemu_mips-flash, mipsel-qemu_mips-flash,
mips-qemu_mips-elf, arm-uboot, arm-efi, arm64-efi
- -p, --prefix=,DIR/
-
set prefix directory
- -v, --verbose
-
print verbose messages.
- -?, --help
-
give this help list
- --usage
-
give a short usage message
- -V, --version
-
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <
bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
grub-install(8),
grub-mkrescue(1),
grub-mknetdir(8)
The full documentation for
grub-mkimage
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
grub-mkimage
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info grub-mkimage
should give you access to the complete manual.